Amhara
Forbesganj block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854318
· village code 221583
Population 2011
5,723
Census of India
Population 2020
6,620
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+15.7%
897 people · 1.6% a year
Households
1,515
+15.9% vs 1,307 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
5,723
Male / female
3,014 / 2,709
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
899
Children aged 0–6
1,081
Literacy rate
50.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
562 / 1
Working population
1,862
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
78.9%
Households
1,307
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
200
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
40
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,132
Non-farm households
377
Share of households farming, 2020
75%
Net sown area
240 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
240 / 224 / 1
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Amahara panchayat, Forbesganj zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹34.88 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.19 lakh
Received directly
₹20.31 lakh
Spent
₹16.36 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹56.03 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.70 lakh · received ₹6.85 lakh · spent ₹13.97 lakh · left ₹11.91 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹26.18 lakh · received ₹10.34 lakh · spent ₹2.38 lakh · left ₹44.12 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.2883, 87.2588 —
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